Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber than past readers, but because today's reader is smarter.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't.

Jesmyn Ward

CommunityPeopleFeelKnowKindUp

I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a therapist and a leader in terms of mental illness. But I'm not in the position.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

LeaderCareerKnowUnderstandBecome

Every one of them is different. In fact, brains are like faces in that no two are ever alike.

Ann McKee

StartEarlyBeginningsQuite

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

Steffi Graf

MyselfPastNewNeverTasksAfter

We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them.

Tom Brown, Jr.

WalkDeepOverSeeCannotOurselves

If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message?

Robert Wilson

SunsetBirdsSingingYouMeanSee

I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

Ron White

LiveGreatRock StarRockStarLike

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.

Mo Ibrahim

LifeMoneyPeopleBetterTrying

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

Douglas Horton

FreedomDeathDoorWindowFlyOpen

Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.

Aretha Franklin

BadWellGrammys

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on.

Anthony Powell

ProcessPortraitAnythingGoingWho

Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.

William T. Vollmann

WomenWomanWonderBeingOnlyWould

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